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WAYNE LYNN HARLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordWayne Lynn Harland, of Texarkana, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 32
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Texas (Bowie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 53E, Line 32
- AMIE JACOB DURANLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- GELASIO NICANOR GOMEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT HAMMONDSCorporal · May 1, 1968
- DENNIS IVAN HARDINPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
From Texarkana
- DEANE ALVA POMEROYWarrant Officer 1 · May 30, 1964
- RICHARD EDWARD STEELMajor · November 4, 1965
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- ODDIE C HAILEYSergeant · June 23, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE LAIRDSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1968
- ELMORE ROBERT SIMPSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 28, 1968
- ISAAC LEE HENDERSONCorporal · July 22, 1968
- HOWARD LEE ELDERSergeant · July 8, 1970
- STEPHEN OWEN MUSSELMANLieutenant · September 10, 1972
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.